With 'Huge Flavor' Comes Huge Portions

While this Draft FCB Interactive-created site for Applebee's does a great job highlighting four new "Huge Flavor" dishes, the site (and every other American restaraunt site) should really be called Huge Portions since each featured dish looks like it could feed an entire family.

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Please, yes, let's all act like we're an overbearing parent concerned about their childs weight and bitch about cheap chain restaurant portions being too big.

Posted by: Jonas Cord on October 3, 2006 1:59 PM

Overbearing parent? Have you seen the size of kids these days? If you want to call it overbearing, then overbearing is a very good thing when it comes to educating kids about proper portion control and diet.

I'm just saying when you do it, it seems like the "overbearing parent" who is embarassed that their daughter isn't skinny enough for the Prom.

Of course, parents should take control of their children's diets. But that's not my business, and it's not yours, and certainly not Applebee's.

Posted by: Jonas Cord on October 3, 2006 3:03 PM

Actually if they made the portions smaller (and I'm taking about all restaurants), they could charge the same price and increase their profits. And they would be able to help Americans control their weight. Sounds like a win/win situation to me.

Posted by: Some guy on October 3, 2006 5:32 PM

Hey
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Cheers/George

I sampled the new menu recently and found the food to be at least servicable. Apparently, the Applebee's execs are hell bent on emphasizing the taste of their food rather than the size of the portions. This would explain why they're bludgeoning us over the head with an absurd tagline like "huge flavor." At one point our waitress came by and asked us, "How's everything tasting so far?" Okay, I get it! Sheesh! How about a theme menu called "huge subtlety"?